The residents of Wuhan bitterly remember the more than two-month lockdown they were subjected to five years ago, during the early stages of the COVID pandemic, which China confronted with a strict policy that isolated the country for three years and severely impacted its economy.

The residents of Wuhan bitterly remember the more than two-month lockdown they were subjected to five years ago, during the early stages of the COVID pandemic, which China confronted with a strict policy that isolated the country for three years and severely impacted its economy.

The Chinese city registered the first cases of the infection and implemented the first lockdown of the population to curb contagion

Just days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization

On Jan. 23, 2020, the Chinese government issued a travel ban for all residents of Wuhan, the epicenter of a novel coronavirus outbreak that would come to cause a pandemic.

More than 400 driverless vehicles are criss-crossing the central Chinese city on an unprecedented scale, enabling the country to gather kilometers of experience. Human cab drivers, meanwhile, are worried about their future.

On his first day, President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from WHO, a necessary step in putting the health of Americans first.

An official Chinese document obtained by VOA indicates that Beijing appears to be taking broader measures to screen and monitor overseas Chinese. The document, titled Xinjiang Immigration Inspection Data Analysis Research Cooperation, lists the names and personal information of more than 100 Chinese citizens living abroad.

Conservatives are pushing Trump to distance himself from global health authorities, which experts believe could undermine future pandemic responses.

It is the Apollo Go service that Wu is opting to use in Wuhan. Operated by China's internet giant Baidu, this robotaxi service featured more than 400 fully driverless vehicles in Wuhan as of October 2024, covering an area of over 3,000 square km in the city. Some parts of the city even offer 24-hour testing and demonstration services.

Chinese tech companies and their censorship apparatus look to be early beneficiaries of the Supreme Court’s decision to keep a law forcing the sale or shutdown of TikTok in the coming days.

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